CONCRETE ISLANDS
FOUR BASES FOR TRANSATLANTIC AIR SERVICE. k
DOCKS, HOTELS AND WIRELESS
STATIONS,
FRENCH ENGINEER’S SCHEME
PARIS, May 5.. De Frasso, an engineer, publishes jx remarkable scheme for transAtlantic servico of which naval flying experts approve. Tho scheme provides for tho construction of four ferro-concrete islands, costing three millions.
Each island would he boat-shaped, of sufficient height to prevent the largest waves washing over, _ and oquippod with Diesel engines, giving a speed of five knots, enabling tho island to • resist the action of the wind and tides. Equilibrium and stability would be ensured by ballast. Each island will contain an enclosed dock, thirty feet deep, a thousand feet long, and three hundred feet broad upon which seaplanes may berth ; also hotels for passengers, as well as repair shops, svireless station, and weather bureau. Powerful beacons would he provided to mark the positions of the islands.—Sun.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9798, 7 May 1924, Page 5
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